Indian History Question Answer
Q31. "The British empire is rotten to the core, corrupt in every direction and tyrannical and mean." This statement was made by
(a) Sister Nivedita
(b) Savitribai Phule
(c) Annie Besant
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: (a) Sister Nivedita
Q32. Which Mughal emperor is also known by the name of "Rangeela"
(a) Jahangir
(b) Shah Jahan
(c) Muhammad Shah
(d) Farrukhsiyar
Answer: (c) Muhammad Shah
Q33. Who was the President of Indian National Congress when congress signed merger pact with Muslim League in 1916
(a) S.P. Sinha
(b) Annie Besant
(c) Bhupendranath Bose
(d) A.C. Majumdar
Answer: (d) A.C. Majumdar
Q34. The first great experiment in Satyagraha was launched by Mahatma Gandhi at
(a) Dandi
(b) Champaran
(c) Bardoli
(d) Ahmedabad
Answer: (b) Champaran
Q35. The boundary between India and Pakistan was demarcated by
(a) Lord Mountbatten
(b) Sir Cyril Radcliffe
(c) Sir Stafford Cripps
(d) Lawrence
Answer: (b) Sir Cyril Radcliffe
Q36. The Jain text which contains the Biographies of the Tirthankaras is known as
(a) Upanishads
(b) Arthashastra
(c) Tattvartha Sutra
(d) Kalpa Sutra
Answer: (d) Kalpa Sutra
Q37. After the First Carnatic War, Madras was restored to the English by the French through
(a) The Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle
(b) The Treaty of Pondicherry
(c) The Treaty of Salbai
(d) The Treaty of Mangalore
Answer: (a) The Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle
Q38. The first national news agency of India was
(a) The Indian Review
(b) The Free Press of India
(c) The Hindustan Review
(d) The Associated Press of India
Answer: (d) The Associated Press of India
Q39. In which year was English made the official language of India and a medium of higher education
(a) 1932
(b) 1933
(c) 1935
(d) 1938
Answer: (c) 1935
Q40. Which bill or Act is also known as "White Mutiny"
(a) Rowlatt Act
(b) Ilbert Bill
(c) Pitt's India Act
(d) Indian Council Act, 1861
Answer: (b) Ilbert Bill
Q41. Which of the following was not one of the storm-centres of the Revolt of 1857
(a) Bareilly
(b) Jhansi
(c) Madras
(d) Arrah
Answer: (c) Madras
Q42. Who remarked in 1834 that "the bones of the cotton weavers are bleaching the plains of India"
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) William Bentinck
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) RC Dutt
Answer: (b) William Bentinck
Q43. Who said “Poverty is the Worst Form of Violence”
(a) M.N.Roy
(b) M.K.Gandhi
(c) Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: (b) M.K.Gandhi
Q44. The famous Ilbert Bill was about
(a) Civil Services
(b) Financial Reforms
(c) Judiciary
(d) Military Administration
Answer: (c) Judiciary
Q45. Who said "Women empowerment means mother India empowered"
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) BR Ambedkar
(d) Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
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